Values and Goals

At Gateway Philadelphia we have 5 main values:

It’s because of these 5 values that we want:

1. To experience and model committed community that is practical, deep, and diverse and reproducible.

Common occurrences of conflict followed by reconciliation encouragement and coaching in a grace filled space.
Combination of individual character growth and mission in context of community living within the North Philly community.
Empowerment by community and with community towards loving neighbors well.
Challenging individualistic mission and communal mission.

2. To grow in our identity in Christ by pursuing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and class.

We will engage in deep and regular scripture study; both personal study and group study.
Growing in self awareness (how God created you, family, gender, ethnicity) by living in a grace filled and diverse community.
Healing of thoughts or previous pains brought up by the working of Jesus in community and scripture.
Becoming aware and personally facing ones own sin as one chooses to engage in the different topics of the week.
Growing in an awareness of goodness of God and his grace in the everyday.

3. To form a deeper understanding of discipleship.

Giving ourselves to where we are and noticing God at work.
Pressing past our fears to take risks towards loving others and meeting Jesus along the way.
Character development through self-awareness, feedback, and staff coaching.

4. To experience and practice spiritual formation.

Practicing and implementing different spiritual formation practices in our lives.
Growing and expanding our small picture of God and being drawn closer to him.
Encouraged spiritual disciplines will be sabbath, silence, worship, celebration, study and more.

5. To see the gospel expanded to the restoration of all things including individual lives and whole communities.